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TRANSPORT NEWS * Canada - Trucking industry lobbies for rail improvements
Ottawa,ONT,CAN -Today's Trucking -3 May 2010: -- At the end of a federal government review of Canada’s rail freight service, the Canadian Trucking Alliance is hoping the two industries can work together more efficiently... In a submission delivered to a panel overseeing the rail freight service review, the CTA argued that trucking companies were not taking full advantage of intermodal opportunities out of frustration with service shortcomings on the part of Canada’s class 1 railways... In a survey of CTA member carriers, 82 percent of respondents indicated they were not pleased with the current level of service. Complaints ranged from waiting times at intermodal terminals, to unreliable on-time performance, to the application of demurrage fees... The views expressed by trucking company representatives were similar to those expressed by Canadian shippers in a study undertaken for Transport Canada by NRG Research Group... (Photo from moorewallpaper: Canadian-Pacific)
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